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Old 22-07-2012, 08:12 AM
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A few of us from Townsville are staying at Mt Carbine too, so will be interested to see how you go Phillip.

Where are you viewing from Glen?

A couple from our Group have been up for a look, and found a 'spot',but lots of prints/action may lead to a bit of a crowd??
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Old 22-07-2012, 08:28 AM
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Where are you viewing from Glen?
* I will have a look around the day before.
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Old 22-07-2012, 09:52 AM
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Where are you viewing from Glen?
* I will have a look around the day before.
no worries.
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Old 22-07-2012, 12:08 PM
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A few of us from Townsville are staying at Mt Carbine too, so will be interested to see how you go Phillip.

Where are you viewing from Glen?

A couple from our Group have been up for a look, and found a 'spot',but lots of prints/action may lead to a bit of a crowd??

I am staying at Mt Carbine too.
Any advice on a good location will be greatfully accepted.
I don't take up much room.

I am arriving a few days earlier on the 9th.
Thought that may let me reserve a spot before the crowd?

Looking forward to meeting lots of IIS new friends.

Allan
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Old 22-07-2012, 03:31 PM
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Hi all

Im at Mt Carbine too.... we will all have to catch up!

Cheers Petra d.
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Old 22-07-2012, 04:27 PM
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Excellent all, the Mt Carbine Mob.
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Old 22-07-2012, 06:40 PM
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Yep, my wife and I and a few friends will be at Mt Carbine. Arriving a day before.
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Old 23-07-2012, 11:11 PM
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Hihi!

Im really looking forward to *hopefully* seeing my first total solar eclipse in November! However before I start setting thing in motion I have a couple of worries - Ive never been to Cairns before (Im NSW based), and since Im flying up I wont be able to take any of my own equipment with me. I was looking at the Eclipse Tours but I can only get 3 days off work so paying that much for a 10 day tour wouldnt work!
Im not fussy about accommodation but I would certainly love to know any areas where I could start looking around!

Basically I have no idea what Im doing and Ill take any I can get!
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Old 07-08-2012, 09:57 AM
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I am also going to be staying in Cairns (though just for the 13th and 14th, so only one night), and am trying to find a reasonable spot for observation (just eclipse glasses though, as I will be unable to take my scope) within reasonable walking distance of the town (don't drive, and even if I did, it would not be worth paying the price of car hire in a major tourist town when I would only be using it for about four hours.)

Even a public viewing event would be fine, just as long as it is somewhere with reasonable view of the sun for that time of year (i.e. no mountains in the way)
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Old 07-08-2012, 03:26 PM
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There are good references contained in this thread http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-371-0-0-1-0.html.

Joe Cali's site contains a fair bit that is Cairns-specific http://joe-cali.com/eclipses/PLANNIN...ers/index.html.
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Old 08-08-2012, 02:45 AM
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Thank you David the 2nd link you provided is very helpful indeed!!!

I will arrive in Cairns on the 12th and plan scout around for a suitable site. Really looking forward to it, it will be my first eclipse.
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Old 08-08-2012, 05:23 AM
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How to get to Mt Carbine?
Is there enough space there? Suitable plateau? Any other significant reasons to be there? I had a look at google maps, it seems positions along Mulligan Highway are suitable..
I will be in Palm Cove, arriving on 12th noon.. so I'll have 13th for finding a suitable place for observing.

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Old 08-08-2012, 07:08 AM
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I gather we'll all be out "scouting" on the 13th!
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Old 08-08-2012, 06:45 PM
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Ambient light level during eclipse

Hi folks. Does anyone know what the light level will be at Palm Cove during the eclipse? Is it measured as a % of normal sunlight at that time of day, or in lumens, or whatever? It will be helpful to know for several reasons, e.g. general illumination for photography, carrying a torch, will streetlights switch on ...
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Old 08-08-2012, 07:12 PM
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Does anyone know what the light level will be at Palm Cove during the eclipse?
Lighting level during a total solar eclipse is generally about the same as night time with a full moon.
But it does vary mainly dependant on the duration of totality and how close to the edge of the shadow you are. Palm Cove is relatively close to the centreline so expect about full moon brightness.
It often appears to be darker than that because the light level changes so quickly that your eyes do not have time to adapt. Experienced observers will often use an eye patch over one eye to pre adapt to the darkness and then whip it off at totality.
Compared to brightness on a sunny day that is a factor of about 500,000 or 1,000,000 to 1. Streetlights will often come on during totality (unless they are deactivated) but not always as it depends on what time delay is built into the sensors. Plan on not being able to read any markings on your camera (unless they are illuminated) - practice doing what you want to by feel in the dark beforehand to be sure.
It would be a pity if you felt the need to use a torch in what is a dramatic scene of day turning to night.
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Old 09-08-2012, 09:32 AM
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Joe Cali's site contains a fair bit that is Cairns-specific http://joe-cali.com/eclipses/PLANNIN...ers/index.html.
David

Great to read this again, and will reread quite a few times over the next 3 months ... yes, 3 months to go!!

Yep, as per everyone, we will all be scouting on the 13th.
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Old 09-08-2012, 09:49 AM
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To anyone coming to Queensland Astrofest, I will be there most of the week and will have detailed maps of the eclipse area and eclipse circumstances and many photos of/from possible observing sites gathered from several scouting trips to the path of totality.
On Sunday 12 Aug I will be giving a talk about the eclipse and eclipse photography.
On Friday 17 Aug I will do a joint presentation with Xavier Jubier that will talk about the eclipse with a focus on eclipse photography.
Xavier runs the website http://xjubier.free.fr/en/index_en.html which contains a wealth of information and tools for eclipses and he is the developer of “Eclipse Maestro” a program for eclipse camera control using Macs. I can talk about eclipse camera control for Windows, having used that at the last 3 total solar eclipses.
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Old 09-08-2012, 10:44 AM
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To anyone coming to Queensland Astrofest, I will be there most of the week and will have detailed maps of the eclipse area and eclipse circumstances and many photos of/from possible observing sites gathered from several scouting trips to the path of totality....
Hi Terry,
Would you make that information available for us who can't participate on Astrofest? I would love to come but I will have to be overseas during that time.
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Old 09-08-2012, 12:00 PM
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Yes, Terry, it would be great if you can publish somewhere....
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Old 09-08-2012, 03:09 PM
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Would you make that information available for us who can't participate on Astrofest?
While it will be relatively easy to show it to people and talk about it at Astrofest, much of it is in a form that would take more time than I have available to put it on line.
Some of it however will go on a website in the next month or so.
I will put out a message when it is available.
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